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Varsity the Weekly - Varsity roll call

September 10, 2009

Tuesdays through Saturdays during the school year, the Sentinel will have a daily roundup of news and notes about high school sports. If you have an item, send to sports@orlandosentinel.com. Put "Varsity rail" in the subject field.

Day planner

Lake Highland Prep and Bishop Moore volleyball teams face off tonight in a private schools showdown. The Highlanders, ranked No. 1 in the Sentinel Super Six, will host the No. 7 Hornets at 7:30 p.m. This marks the first meeting between the schools since Oct. 2, 2007, when Lake Highland won 3-1. The Highlanders defeated Olympia in their only regular-season match so far and the Hornets have one loss to Gainesville Buchholz. Tickets are $5.

Cast your vote

Online poll: Which is the best high school football matchup of Week 2? Dr. Phillips at Osceola, Timber Creek at Boone, East Ridge at South Lake, Edgewater at Olympia, Lake Brantley at Oviedo, none of the above. Go to SentinelVarsity.com to vote. Results will be posted in Friday's roll call.

True or false

How well do you know high school sports in Central Florida? Try our quiz of true-false questions. The answers are at the bottom of the roundup.

1. Boone, Seminole and Edgewater are the only Class 6A schools from the area to play for a state football title this decade.

8. Former South Daytona Warner Christian volleyball coach Deb Wingard retired last year without ever winning a state title.

9. Former Clermont East Ridge running back Jeremy Wright, now at Louisville, holds the area record for most rushing yards in a game.

10. Former Lake Mary volleyball player Angie Pressey went on to a stellar collegiate career at USC.

Take notes

*Olympia's Isiah Myers, a younger brother to Apopka CB and Notre Dame commit Lo Wood, had a breakout football season opener to help the Titans beat Boone 26-7. The 6-0, 169-pound junior had 12 catches for 158 yards and a key TD to playing a huge role in offsetting the absence of star senior WR Rashad Lawrence due to a broken collarbone. Myers leads Central Florida in receiving going into Week 2.

A testament to Lawrence's character is that he volunteered to be Olympia's ball boy in the opener. The Titans hope to have him back on the field for their Oct. 2 district opener at home vs. South Lake (0-1).

*New Oviedo tailback Steward "Stu" Butler showed a ton of toughness in carrying the ball 23 times for 106 yards in the Lions' 16-14 football win over Seminole. The 5-9, 155-pound junior had a hand split open during the game, apparently wounded by a helmet. The injury was gushing blood at one point. "The trainers finally got the bleeding stopped and taped it up," Oviedo Coach Wes Allen said this week. "Stu said he didn't want to go to the hospital. . . . He wanted to play and we put him back into the game." According to the Lakeland Ledger, Butler had 366 rushing yards for Class 5A power Lakeland as a sophomore. He carried 12 times for 84 yards in a loss to national No. 1 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas in the state final.

Web browsing

Go to SentinelVarsity.com for a photo galleries of high school football games, cheerleader and band pictures, and Varsity Squad pictures. You also can check out video as Charles King and Austin Lyon predict results of Week 2 football games.